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Germany is not a lone island. Central Europe countries like Poland, Czechia, Romania or Hungary are very much integrated into German supply chain.
by KptMarchewa 3y ago
Germany is not a lone island. Central Europe countries like Poland, Czechia, Romania or Hungary are very much integrated into German supply chain.
- hef19898 3y agoGerman imports and expoets for July 2023: >> Destinations In July 2023, Germany exported mostly to United States (€13.6B), France (€9.23B), Netherlands (€8.64B), China (€8.27B), and Poland (€6.97B), and imported mostly from China (€12.8B), Netherlands (€8.55B), United States (€7.7B), Poland (€6.43B), and Italy (€6.26B) Source: https://oec.world/en/profile/country/deu/ https://oec.world/en/profile/country/deu/
- KptMarchewa 3y agoNetherlands are doing a great job at being a port of Europe.
- hef19898 3y agoFor a lot of reasons, and they do great in deed!
- orbital-decay 3y agoNot everything can be measured by money and bulk volume; some things are measured by vitality and irreplacement. How do you measure CERN or ASML?
- hef19898 3y agoIn twrms of supply chains, industry and international trade? Not at all. Except for ASMLs imports and exports.
- dj_mc_merlin 3y agoRomania is just barely behind Finland as the eastern most mainland EU country. Do you have any argument for calling it Central European?
- flohofwoe 3y agoConsidering that Europe's border in the East is the Ural Mountains range I'd say "Central Europe" is actually quite accurate? (also - stating the obvious - but "Europe" and "EU" are entirely different things)
- Wytwwww 3y agoWestern, Central, Northern and Eastern Europe were always socioeconomic/sociocultural definitions. Geography on itself is not really that relevant.
- KptMarchewa 3y agoEurope is not defined by EU borders. The distance from Bucharest to Atlantic Ocean is smaller than to Ural mountains.
- keiferski 3y agoThese labels are more cultural than strictly geographic. Western Romania could indeed be considered as Central Europe, as “Central Europe” has generally meant “associated with the Austro-Hungarian Empire.” The border between the Russian and AH empires is a good line for dividing Eastern and Central Europe IMO.
- KptMarchewa 3y agoEastern and Southern Romania was part of Ottoman Empire, not russian one. The one that was occupied by russia is now called Moldova.
- OfSanguineFire 3y agoOn the other hand, late imperial Russia saw all the Orthodox lands down to Constantinople as its legitimate sphere of influence, so while the OP likely made a mistake, the notion of an Austro-Hungarian vs. Russia dividing line still has some sense to it.
- e12e 3y agoI think you would have to say something similar about Japan (even if Japan is a chain of Islands). Korea, Indonesia, the Philippines, China - I don't think the Japanese economy would be the same today without their neighbors?
- KptMarchewa 3y agoNot exactly, as those economies compete as much as cooperate, while EU is a single market - at least in the "no tariffs and free flow of goods" sense.
- permo-w 3y agowould any country?
- keiferski 3y agoCorrect. A fair amount of larger companies, grocery store chains, etc. in Eastern EU states are owned by German companies.
- KptMarchewa 3y agoGrocery store chains aren't very relevant in this discussion. I'm talking about stuff like Mercedes-Benz engine factory in Jawor, seats from Groclin, Michelin and Bridgestone tyre factories, or the fact that Poland is world's second biggest battery manufacturer (ahead of US) - all of that is used in German car manufacturing supply chain.